86: The throne returns to its source, ultimately leading to backlash.

The star-blue Nirvana Star Fire exploded faintly beneath his feet. Chen Feng's figure, like a moth to a flame, charged recklessly toward the top of the tilted, massive skeleton throne with the resolve to perish together!

Behind him, the terrifying roar of 'Shi' frantically smashing against the Seal!

The sound of the grey ice layer cracking was like dense drumbeats, and the dark red Lu Dao Source Power, like the magma of Hell, gushed out from the cracks, reflecting the entire frozen space in a scarlet hue!

That greedy, violent will, carrying an ultimate sense of hunger, was locked tightly onto the grey light crystallizing within his Dantian!

Above his head, deep within his Dantian, that speck of grey light had completely transformed into a grain-sized—yet emanating an aura that froze the Soul—primordial ultimate end crystal!

The cold aura of finality, like an invisible shackle, frantically suppressed the operation of the nirvana star vortex life wheel, attempting to completely isolate and freeze Su Wanzhao's burning will!

The burning Star Vortex Universe phantom at the core of the Life Wheel was dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye!

'Wanzhao... hold on!' Chen Feng let out a silent roar deep in his consciousness, pouring all his remaining will and power into the explosion of his legs!

Every step he took on the cold, tilted base of the throne was like stepping on red-hot knife tips; pain and icy cold intertwined, and the Nirvana Star Fire struggled to scorch the grey ice crystals covering the throne, leaving behind footprints with scorch marks.

The ten-zhang-high throne was now like an insurmountable chasm!

Rumble—!!!

Behind the throne, the massive crack finally could not withstand the desperate impact of 'Shi' and completely... shattered!

The dark red Lu Dao Source Power, viscous like blood plasma and emanating monstrous ferocity and greed, gushed out like a dam-breaking flood of destruction, carrying countless sharp space-time fragments!

At the core of the torrent was not a tentacle, but a terrifying giant mouth composed of pure destruction will and Source Power, filled with spiral sharp teeth!

The giant mouth opened, aiming straight for Chen Feng's back! It wanted to devour Chen Feng and that maturing primordial ultimate end crystal... together!

The fishy wind of death instantly gripped Chen Feng's throat! He could even feel the cold sharpness of the spiral teeth tearing through space!

'No—!!!' A desperate cry exploded in his Sea of Consciousness!

Just at this critical moment, the instant Chen Feng was about to be devoured by that giant mouth of destruction—

Hum!!!

At the top of the throne, the crystal star skeleton holding the broken sword, the purple light point stubbornly flickering between its finger bones, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, resolute and brilliant light!

'Guard... Star... Fire...'

A vague intent, condensed with eternal unyielding Battle Intent and the obsession to protect, rang out like the final war drum!

The skeleton's lowered head suddenly lifted! In its hollow eye sockets, two points of pure, extreme star-blue war fire ignited!

Its arm bone, holding the broken sword, lifted suddenly with a speed that transcended the freezing of time!

It did not slash at the giant mouth behind it, but instead fiercely... plunged the massive, crack-filled broken sword in its hand into the very center of the throne beneath it!

Crack—!!!

The moment the broken sword pierced the throne, the entire massive skeleton throne let out a roar that shook the Soul!

The thick grey ice crystals covering the throne's surface instantly exploded!

Countless deep blue, mysterious runes resembling star veins lit up from deep within the throne!

A long-dormant, vast protective power belonging to the Star Dome Royal Court erupted like an ancient giant god awakening!

Boom!!!

With the throne as the center, a deep blue beam of starlight, condensed to the extreme, shot into the sky!

The beam was not an attack, but instantly transformed into a massive, translucent star vault shield flowing with countless star runes, firmly enclosing the entire throne top area!

Bang—!!!

'Shi's' giant mouth of destruction, which devoured everything, slammed fiercely against this suddenly risen star vault shield!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a tooth-aching, sharp hiss of a Law level being forcibly annihilated!

The dark red Lu Dao Source Power frantically eroded the deep blue starlight shield, making a 'sizzling' sound of dissolution; the star runes on the shield's surface flickered violently, brightening and dimming!

The entire shield dented inward with a huge arc, and fine star dust was constantly evaporated and stripped away from the edges! But it... held on against this world-destroying blow! It blocked the giant mouth of 'Shi' firmly outside the throne!

'Roar—!!!' The roar of 'Shi' was filled with rage and disbelief!

It twisted and impacted frantically, the Lu Dao Source Power like a boiling sea of blood, yet it could not instantly break through this protection that condensed the final will of the skeleton king and the power of the throne's Origin!

This brief obstruction bought Chen Feng the final... step!

Bang!

His burning figure slammed heavily onto the cold, wide seat of the skeleton throne!

His body was inches away from that crystal star skeleton exuding immortal Battle Intent!

The inheritance seal jumped frantically in his palm, its core purple light as scorching as the sun!

An irresistible, intense attraction came from deep within the throne beneath him! It was as if this throne itself was a massive altar, a... source point waiting for the Star Fire to ignite!

'Return to Origin... ignite... Star Fire...' The purple light between the skeleton's finger bones flickered violently, conveying the final urging!

Chen Feng did not hesitate! He fiercely pressed the scorching inheritance seal in his hand against the cold metal surface of the throne!

The instant the Seal touched the seat—

Boom—!!!

The purple light at the core of the inheritance seal erupted completely! It transformed into a flow of pure, extreme purple light, instantly merging into the depths of the throne!

The entire skeleton throne shook violently!

Countless deep blue star runes, as if injected with life, flowed and lit up frantically along the complex patterns of the throne!

A vast, ancient, majestic will that seemed to connect to the source flow of the entire star vault and myriad worlds awakened with a boom from deep within the throne!

Hum!

Beneath Chen Feng's feet, the phantom of the [star vault Myriad Worlds Source Flow Map] that he had seen in the underground space earlier projected out instantly, with the throne as the center, covering the entire top of the throne!

Countless star light points flowed, and in the Lu Dao Blood Prison area where the Xingtian main body was located, the 97% dark red pollution light points pulsated frantically, conveying rage and terror!

'In my name... draw Star Fire... burn myriad worlds... activate the Origin Map!' Chen Feng's roar, accompanied by the resonance of the throne's power, resounded through the sky!

He no longer held anything back, recklessly driving the newborn nirvana star vortex life wheel in his Dantian!

Hum!

The Life Wheel reversed frantically! Pure star-blue Nirvana Star Fire gushed out from Chen Feng's body like a dam-breaking flood!

This flame was no longer just power, but carried Su Wanzhao's burning will, Chen Feng's faith in protection, and the authority to return to Origin bestowed by the throne at this moment!

The Star Fire, along his arm pressed on the throne, surged like a rushing galaxy, fiercely injected into the core of the throne!

Rumble—!!!

The phantom of the entire star vault Myriad Worlds Source Flow Map, the moment the Nirvana Star Fire was injected, was like a lit fuse!

Countless dim star light points, as if injected with the fire of life, began to light up one by one... from the inside out!

One point, two points, ten points, a hundred points... like a prairie fire, it spread rapidly across the vast star map!

Every time a Star Domain was lit, the Source Flow Map of that area solidified a bit, emanating a faint yet tenacious aura of protection, faintly resisting the erosion of the Xingtian pollution area!

A grand and sacred Law resonance faintly echoed over this frozen graveyard!

'Roar—!!!' In the center of the star map, the dark red light points of the Lu Dao Blood Prison let out a roar of Xingtian main body's shock and anger!

It clearly felt that the Seal that had bound it for eternity was slowly being reinforced by this newborn, prairie-fire Star Fire will!

'Ant! How dare you—!!!' Outside the crack, the impact of 'Shi' became even more frantic! The star vault shield fluctuated violently, and cracks spread!

However, at this critical moment when the prairie Star Fire was ignited and the power of the star vault myriad worlds source flow began to revive—

Deep in his Dantian, another mutation occurred!

That primordial ultimate end crystal, which had transformed due to devouring the Punishment Calamity imprint, exploded the moment it sensed the Nirvana Star Fire being recklessly drained by Chen Feng to ignite the star vault Source Flow Map...!

It seemed completely enraged by this act of 'consuming' its own 'nutrients' (the Life Wheel driven by the Nirvana Star Fire)!

A cold, domineering, terrifying suction force carrying the absolute will of finality erupted from within the crystal!

This time, it was no longer satisfied with devouring the Punishment Calamity imprint, but... directly locked onto the core that drove the nirvana star vortex life wheel—Su Wanzhao's will Star Fire Origin, which she had transformed into by burning herself!

Ssh—!!!

It was like an invisible black hole opening at the center of the star core!

The pure star-blue Nirvana Star Fire was forcibly torn and stripped away by this terrifying suction force of finality!

The burning Star Vortex Universe phantom at the core of the Life Wheel dimmed to the extreme in an instant! Its rotation almost came to a standstill!

'Ah—!' Su Wanzhao's will let out a wail that pained the depths of her Soul!

The Foundation of her existence, which she had transformed into by burning herself, was being... frantically devoured by that primordial ultimate end crystal!

'Wanzhao!!' Chen Feng's heart shattered!

He could clearly feel Su Wanzhao's will weakening and dissipating rapidly! The fundamental power that sustained his life and drove the prairie Star Fire was being frantically plundered by the demon within his body!

Even worse, as the Nirvana Star Fire was forcibly devoured and intercepted by the grey light crystal, the Star Fire power injected into the throne to ignite the star vault Source Flow Map... instantly decayed significantly!

The lighting speed of the star map, which had just shown a prairie-fire trend, suddenly slowed down! The pulsation of the Xingtian pollution area became violent again!

Outside, the power of 'Shi' impacting the shield also seemed to sense the change in Chen Feng's body and became even more ferocious!

Internal and external troubles! The Star Fire was about to extinguish!

'No! Get out!' Chen Feng's eyes were splitting, and he let out a frantic roar deep in his consciousness!

He tried to forcibly cut off his connection with the grey light crystal, trying to pour all his remaining will into the Life Wheel to protect Su Wanzhao's last Star Fire!

But, it was useless!

The cold aura emanating from the primordial ultimate end crystal was like the shackle of the highest Law, firmly imprisoning the Nirvana Life Wheel!

Its devouring was domineering and direct, like the crushing of a natural enemy! Chen Feng's will was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot before it!

Su Wanzhao's spiritual light points flickered violently in the Star Vortex Universe phantom, like a candle in the wind, rapidly becoming transparent and illusory...

Her intent was intermittent, filled with pain and reluctance: 'Chen... Feng... Star... Fire... cannot... extinguish...'

'No—!!!' Despair, like a cold viper, bit into Chen Feng's Soul.

Watching helplessly as the most important person was devoured within his own body, yet he was powerless! This pain surpassed the disintegration of the Physical Body!

Just at the moment when Su Wanzhao's will was about to be completely devoured by the end crystallization and the prairie-fire trend of the Star Fire was about to be completely interrupted—

Hum!!!

The skeleton throne beneath him let out an unprecedented wail!

The crystal star skeleton sitting on it, having burned out its final protective will and lit the star vault shield, seemed to sense the tragic struggle for the survival of the Star Fire within Chen Feng, and sensed that Su Wanzhao's pure protective will was on the verge of dissipation...

In the skeleton's hollow eye sockets, the burning star-blue war fire extinguished suddenly.

Its massive broken sword inserted into the throne silently... turned into crystalline star dust.

Immediately after, its arm bones, torso, skull... every inch of the star crystal bones that made up this immortal skeleton, all at the same time, silently... disintegrated!

There was no destructive impact, only a brilliant starlight of ultimate sublimation!

It was like billions of stars burning and exploding at the same instant!

This power of the star vault Origin, pure to the extreme and condensing the last trace of the skeleton king's existence, did not dissipate, but transformed into a warm and vast torrent of starlight, ignoring the distance of space, ignoring the cold membrane of the primordial ultimate end crystal, and precisely... injected into the core of the nirvana star vortex life wheel in Chen Feng's Dantian, which was about to be devoured!

It injected into that spiritual light point representing Su Wanzhao's last will, which was about to extinguish!

'Guard... Star... Fire... not... extinguish...' The skeleton king's final intent, like a sigh, passed away with the wind.

Boom—!!!

It was like pouring hot lamp oil into an oil lamp that was about to run dry!

Su Wanzhao's spiritual light point, which was about to be devoured by the primordial ultimate end crystal, under the nourishment of this pure star vault Origin, as if injected with new life, suddenly erupted with unprecedented brilliant light!

The pure star-blue Nirvana Star Fire surged instantly!

It not only broke free from the devouring suction of the primordial ultimate end crystal, but instead, like an enraged Phoenix, carrying the Nirvana will to burn everything, fiercely counterattacked that greedy primordial ultimate end crystal!

At the same time, this suddenly erupting, magnificent Star Fire, fused with the skeleton king's final Origin and Su Wanzhao's Nirvana will, followed the connection between Chen Feng and the throne, like a dam-breaking galaxy, and roared into the star vault Myriad Worlds Source Flow Map!

Rumble—!!!

The entire Source Flow star map seemed to have been injected with a stimulant! The prairie Star Fire surged instantly!

Countless previously dim areas were frantically lit up! The light of the star map was more brilliant than ever!

A grand, sacred Law fluctuation carrying the hope of new life, like a tangible tide, instantly swept through the entire frozen space, and even faintly seeped through the grey ice layer, shaking the Cosmic Graveyard outside!

'Roar—!!!' The xingtian main body will let out a roar of shock and anger in the Lu Dao Blood Prison!

The 97% pollution light points flickered frantically, but as if tightened by an invisible giant net, their light was obviously suppressed and dimmed by a fraction!

'No—!!!' Outside the crack, the impact of 'Shi' also stalled for a moment, letting out an unbelievable roar filled with a trace of terror!

It clearly felt that the 'seed of finality' that was about to reach its mouth seemed... to have gone out of control?

And within Chen Feng's Dantian—

The counterattack of the Nirvana Star Fire and the cold power of finality of the primordial ultimate end crystal once again formed a terrifying tug-of-war!

The star-blue flames and the deathly grey light frantically entangled and annihilated within his body!

Excruciating pain swept through his entire body, but he bit his teeth tightly, his eyes burning with unprecedented madness and hope!

He felt it! He felt the tenacious revival of Su Wanzhao's will under the skeleton king's final gift! He felt the majestic power of the prairie Star Fire reignited!

'Wanzhao!' He roared hoarsely, pouring all his will, all his hope, all his unyielding spirit into the counterattacking Nirvana Star Fire, 'Burn it—!!!'